To resolve this issue, verify that windows installer is running and re-register it, if required. for more information, see the microsoft knowledge base article 324516. note: the preceding links were correct as of march 13th 2013. if you find a link is broken, provide feedback and a vmware employee will update the link.. Re: failed to install vmware tools in windows server 2008 enterprise m_restaino nov 20, 2018 12:28 pm ( in response to renanroldao ) i encountered this same issue on a vm i converted and it was fixed via a chkdsk.. I've checked the kb and about to download the vmware tools bundle for windows and linux, but not sure which one to download. the build of esxi is 4564106 and after checking the one that was bundled with esxi is 10.0.12..
I used to untar the vmwaretools* tarfile, then cd into its directory (it's called vmware-tools-distrib on my machine) and run the vmware-install.pl script – hekto mar 5 '15 at 19:57. Any user can install vmware tools in a windows 95, windows 98 or windows me guest operating system. 3. if you have autorun enabled in your guest operating system (the default setting for windows operating systems), a dialog box appears after a few seconds. it asks if you want to install vmware tools.. When i try to install vmware tools for vmware player 12 a screen pop says that this version of windows (windows 10) cannot perform task for security reasons. then it asks which app i would like to use to perform this task and i click on it. the app is the newest version of windows pro..
